Liverpool parade latest: Whole country stands with Liverpool after ‘horror’ of car ploughing into crowds, Starmer says

Tens of hundreds of individuals have been on the streets of Liverpool on the financial institution vacation Monday to have a good time Liverpool FC successful the Premier League when a automotive collided with a crowd on Water Road at round 18:00 BST.

The realm had been closed to regular visitors for the parade. In response to an eyewitness, the LFC bus had passed by about 10 minutes earlier than.

Inside two hours of the incident, Merseyside Police stated it had arrested a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool space.

Throughout a information convention simply earlier than 23:00 BST, police stated the incident was not being handled as terror-related.

Emergency providers stated 27 individuals have been taken to numerous hospitals throughout Liverpool, and that two individuals, together with one youngster, suffered severe accidents.

Three adults and one youngster have been faraway from beneath the automobile, the hearth service stated.

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Water Road stays closed this morning.

No additional data has been offered concerning the 53-year-old man – believed to be the motive force of the automobile – and no formal cost has been made right now.